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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Subject/verb agreement
I am interested to know whether I am understanding subject/verb agreement properly... or not!
Obviously `have' is required in: `Remote control of children's toys and remote control of household gadgets have been demonstrated'
but, what happens when we reduce the sentence to remove unnecessary words: `Remote control of children's toys and household gadgets has been demonstrated'?
These sentences both mean the same thing, but my instinct is to use `has' in the second sentence. Is this correct?
And, is the reason that in the first sentence the subject reads as two things, whereas in the second sentence the subject is `remote control'?
Thank you for any help
Obviously `have' is required in: `Remote control of children's toys and remote control of household gadgets have been demonstrated'
but, what happens when we reduce the sentence to remove unnecessary words: `Remote control of children's toys and household gadgets has been demonstrated'?
These sentences both mean the same thing, but my instinct is to use `has' in the second sentence. Is this correct?
And, is the reason that in the first sentence the subject reads as two things, whereas in the second sentence the subject is `remote control'?
Thank you for any help
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These sentences both mean the same thing, but my instinct is to use `has' in the second sentence. Is this correct? -- Yes And, is the reason that in the first sentence the subject reads as two things, whereas in the second sentence the subject is `remote control'?
- These sentences both mean the same thing, but my instinct is to use `has' in the second sentence.
- Is this correct?
- -- Yes And, is the reason that in the first sentence the subject reads as two things, whereas in the second sentence the subject is `remote control'?
- -- Yes
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These sentences both mean the same thing, but my instinct is to use `has' in the second sentence. Is this correct?-- Yes
And, is the reason that in the first sentence the subject reads as two things, whereas in the second sentence the subject is `remote control'?-- Yes
And, is the reason that in the first sentence the subject reads as two things, whereas in the second sentence the subject is `remote control'?-- Yes
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